Notes from an Italian Garden - Couverture souple

Marble, Joan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552998419 ISBN 13 : 9780552998413

Editeur : Black Swan, 2001

Synopsis

Thirty years ago, Joan Marble and her sculptor husband Robert Cook bought a piece of unpromising land in Lazio, the area north of Rome that was home to the ancient Etruscans. They built a house and, more importantly, grew a wonderful garden. All was not plain sailing, however, as they encountered a certain blank incomprehension from the local inhabitants. 'Why do you want to have a garden here?' they were asked. 'There's no water, the ground is all stones, it's too cold in winter and too hot in summer, it never rains, it rains too much, the roads are impassable, the ravines are bottomless...' But Joan and Robert's enthusiasm for the land, their ignorance of the obstacles that faced them, their downright obstinacy, the unexpected friends who helped them, all served to conquer the intransigent landscape. Inspirational, aspirational, enchanting - this is an account of a passion for a place and an obsession with a garden that will charm and delight all who read it.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

“I fell in love with Etruria one chilly evening in January. They were having a New Year’s Eve festival in a little town near Campagnano, and a group of local boys dressed in Renaissance costumes were marching in a torchlight parade down the main street. As I stood there in the cold watching the flames lurching to the sky, I realized that I felt very much at home in this ancient place.”

Thirty years ago Joan Marble and her sculptor husband bought a piece of unpromising land in Lazio, the area north of Rome that was home to the ancient Etruscans. They built a house and grew a wonderful garden. This the story of their life there, of the unexpected friends who helped them, and of their conquest of an intransigent landscape.

Revue de presse

“This description of making heaven on earth ... is a delight.” – Independent on Sunday

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Black Swan
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0552998419
• ISBN 13: 9780552998413
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible